Ammuriya (, also spelled Amuria)From Amorites, according to Palmer, 1881, p. 225 is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine in the northern West Bank, located south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, Ammuriya had a population of 371 in 2017. There were 48 households and five business establishments in the village.2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 110.

In 2012, Ammuriya was joined with al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya into a single municipality called after the latter town.Al Lubban ash Sharqiya Village Profile (including ‘Ammuriya Locality), ARIJ, p. 5

Location Nearby localities include Iskaka to the north, al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya to the east, Abwein to the south, Arura and Mazari an-Nubani to the southwest and Salfit to the northwest.

History Pottery sherds from Iron Age II, Hellenistic/Roman, Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk eras have been found here. A burial cave dating back to the Roman period was found here.

Ottoman era In 1596, it appeared in Ottoman tax registers as "ʽAmmuriya", a village in the nahiya of Jabal Qubal in the Nablus Sanjak. It had a population of 7 households and 1 bachelor, all Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, and a press for olive oils or grapes; a total of 2,000 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 136

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the village formed part of the highland region known as Jūrat ‘Amra or Bilād Jammā‘īn. Situated between Dayr Ghassāna in the south and the present Route 5 in the north, and between Majdal Yābā in the west and Jammā‘īn, Mardā and Kifl Ḥāris in the east, this area served, according to historian Roy Marom, "as a buffer zone between the political-economic-social units of the Jerusalem and the Nablus regions. On the political level, it suffered from instability due to the migration of the Bedouin tribes and the constant competition among local clans for the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Ottoman authorities."

In 1838, Edward Robinson noted it as a village in the Jurat Merda district, south of Nablus.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 82,Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 127

In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of Jamma'in al-Thani, subordinate to Nablus.

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as "A small village on high ground".Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 283

British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the population was 69, all Muslim,Ammuriya Profile. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC). 2007-02-09.Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 25 increasing in the 1931 census 85 Muslims in 19 houses.Mills, 1932, p. 59

In the 1945 statistics the population was 120, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 18 with 3,112 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 59 Of this, 1,753 dunams were used for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 105 while 6 dunams were built-up land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 155

Jordanian era In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, ʽAmmuriya came under Jordanian rule.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 157 inhabitants.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 26

1967, and aftermath In 1967 the village came under Israeli occupation after the Six-Day War, and the same year the population was found to be 130.

In 1997, it was described as "a very small village surrounded by orchards".

In 2012, Ammuriya was joined with al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya in a single municipality called after the latter town.

Demography The people of Ammuriya have their origins in the area of Jerusalem.Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 357

References

Bibliography

Perlmann, Joel: The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version. Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. November 2011 – February 2012. [Digitized from: Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 1967 Conducted in the Areas Administered by the IDF, Vols. 1–5 (1967–70), and Census of Population and Housing: East Jerusalem, Parts 1 and 2 (1968–70).]

External links Welcome To 'Ammuriya Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons Al Lubban ash Sharqiya Village Profile (including ‘Ammuriya Locality), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ) ‘Ammuriya aerial photo, ARIJ